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What is Nmap and why do you need it on your network?

Network World

Nmap, short for Network Mapper, is a free and open source tool used for vulnerability checking, port scanning and, of course, network mapping. Despite being created back in 1997, Nmap remains the gold standard against which all other similar tools , either commercial or open source, are judged.

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Prompt Hacking, Private GPTs, Zero-Day Exploits and Deepfakes: Report Reveals the Impact of AI on Cyber Security Landscape

Tech Republic Security

A new report by cyber security firm Radware identifies the four main impacts of AI on the threat landscape emerging this year.

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Customer oriented network management and automation with AI in operations

TM Forum

Turkey’s biggest operator also recognized that for many years, key performance indicators (KPIs) for customer experience were on the business side, rather than the network, although it is the most fundamental factor in customer experience. The operator also wants to find actionable solutions to different problems for different teams.

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OpenHaystack is a new open-source tool that lets you create DIY AirTags on Apple’s Find My network

The Verge

But ahead of that, there’s a new tool that will let anybody make their own Bluetooth tracking tag to use with the Find My network so they can track its location. Once registered on Apple’s Find My network, the OpenHaystack app will be able to report the tag’s location just like Apple’s Find My app works for iPhones and other Apple devices.

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10 highest-paying IT skills for 2024

CIO Business Intelligence

According to a report from Indeed , a large part of this shift has come as organizations focus more on adopting AI in the workplace. Even as the IT job market experiences shifting dynamics, employment website Indeed reports a range of roles have maintained resiliency and even grown in demand.

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Open source users: It’s time for extreme vetting

Network World

Open source software is the norm these days rather than the exception. Discover how to secure your systems with InfoWorld's Security Report newsletter. ]. Discover how to secure your systems with InfoWorld's Security Report newsletter. ]. InfoWorld: Why is Red Hat getting on the soapbox about open source security?

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UNCOVERING VULNERABILITIES IN OPEN SOURCE LIBRARIES

ForAllSecure

In recent articles, ForAllSecure has discussed how we were able to use our next-generation fuzzing solution, Mayhem, to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in several open source projects, including Netflix DIAL reference , Das U-Boot , and more. allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PSD file.